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Salvage recovery, principally of paper and rags has continued
at the tip by Council employees. The total useful salvage recovered
and disposed of during the year was 353 tons, including
341 tons of paper.
Kitchen waste has continued to be collected from street bins
and 305 tons have been conveyed to concentrator plant, now at
Tottenham in substitution for the previous disposal at Stapleford
Abbotts.
Road gullies (in streets maintained by the inhabitants at
large) are emptied three times in each year and re-sealed with
clean water. This is done by mechanical suction process under
contract.
(iii) Sanitary Inspection of the Area.
An outline of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors is shown
below:—
Complaints received and dealt with 790
Inspections made 8407
Nuisances abated 338
Informal Notices served 119
Informal Notices complied with 115
Statutory Notices served 38
Statutory Notices complied with 37
Legal Proceedings 2
Summary of Nuisances.
Drains blocked or defective 195
Defective water closets 15
Defective water supply pipes 6
Nuisances from Animals 2
Polluted ditches and watercourses 5
Accumulation of refuse etc., 14
Vermin, bugs and fleas 19
Cellars flooded 3
Fly infestations 8
Cesspools overflowing or defective 5
Wasps and hornets 66
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